Siphon



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J. LOW.

SIPHON.

No. 310,863. Patented Jan. 13, 1885.

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NITED STATES PATENT FFIcE.

JOSHUA LOW, OF STEUBENVILLE, OHIO.

SIPHON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 310,863, dated January 13, 1885.

Application filed August 5, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOSHUA LOW, a citizen of the United States, residing at Steubenville, in the county of Jefferson and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Siphons, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

My invention has relation to siphons for drawing liquids from tanks, barrels, casks, and the like, and its object is to provide a means whereby the liquid may be drawn off at a point higher than the tank or cask, though when convenient it may be drawn, after the manner of the common siphon, by gravity; and to these ends the novelty consists in the construction of the device, as will be hereinafter more fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of a cask or barrel with my improved siphon applied there to, and Figs. 2 and 3 are details of the same.

A is a taper rubber bung, through which passes the large tube B, provided with a protecting ferrule, 22, at its lower end, while a similar ferrule, b, protects the other end.

0 is a hook secured to the tube B near the ferrule b, so that this end of the tube may be bent back to form a valve, the end being held by the hook, as shown in Fig. 3.

D is the air-tube, likewise passing through the rubber bung A, and having its ends protected by ferrules similar to the larger tube B.

Eis a sliding double sleeve on the tube D, and when the end of the tube is bent back upon itself this sleeve is slipped over the end of the tube, so as to hold it in this position, forming a valve similar to the one formed on the end of the larger tube.

The device being inserted in the barrel, as shown in Fig. 1, the end of the larger tube B is placedin the receiving-vessel and the mouth applied to the free end of the smaller tube, so as to force air into the barrel. This forces the liquid up through and out of the tube B, and if the receiving-vessel be placed lower than the level of the liquid in the barrel the flow will continue until its contents are exhausted. If it is desired to draw off only asmall amount at a time, as-a quart or a pint, the end of the tube is bent back and caught under the hook O, which holds the liquid in the tube, when it is ready again to be drawn without forcing more air into the barrel. If, however, it should be desirable to draw some of the liquid at a height greater than its own level-as, for instance, when the barrel is on end and the receiving-vessel is placed on top of the barrelthen the end of the larger tube is placed in the vessel and air forced in the tube D, which forces the liquid up through the tube B into the vessel. It will thus be seen that my deviceis very convenient and serviceable in a variety of ways for handling liquids, and as the tube B is adjustable through the bung A the device can be applied to various sized tanks, casks, and barrels.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, with the taper bung A, provided with air-tube D, of the tube B, provided with the hook O, and ferrule b,whereby the end of said tube may be bent back and secured by said tube, so as to form a valve, substantially as and for thepurpose set forth.

2. The combination, with the taper bung A, provided with the air-tube D, having sliding double sleeve E, of the tube B, adj ustably secured in said bung, as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JosHUA LOW.

Witnesses:

P. 1?. LEWIS, J OHN McOLovE. 

